It has been a long time since I posted anything here, but I have enjoyed reading everyone's posts (there are so many knowledgeable people here!) and I always like returning to Diana's jewels, since it gives me a reason to revisit that wonderful website and take a stroll down memory lane
I have seen these photos often, but just now for the first time I really took a good look at the box: I may be imagining things, but there seem to be many diamond and sapphire clusters encrusting the border surrounding the central palm tree!
Of course in a black and white photo it is impossible to be sure of the color, but if you look especially at the section of the border just in line with the top and bottom of the palm tree, you can see three clusters arranged in a triangle - to me it seems strikingly similar to these "chandelier earrings" Stuart is referring to.
Dawn has already mentioned that one pair of clusters were worn by Diana already before her marriage, but is it possible that the additional clusters we have seen in the various arrangements might have come from the box and not the bracelet at all?
These gifts were given long before the recent clarification of rules regarding official gifts to members of the Royal Family, so it is not unlikely that Diana would have considered all of this to be very much her own private property, and we have seen that she did make alterations to the jewels... would altering the box be too far-fetched?
--Previous Message-- : So if the watch bracelet remained intact, the : double cluster and "chandelier" : earrings-please see link- were not made from : it unless they were later dismantled. Did : Diana wear the double cluster earrings after : the reappearance of the watch? My guess : would be the ring from the Saudi set was : used fir the choker. : : http://www.dianasjewels.net/bluestoneearrings.htm
on March 24, 2013, 9:49 pm, in reply to "
